The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 13, 2005

Heathrow strike: BA to send passengers on other flights
BRITISH Airways, which has not been able to operate a single flight from Heathrow airport in London on Friday due to industrial action by a section of its staff, is making all attempts to re-book passengers travelling with it from India on ... More

Airlines gearing up for celebrating Independence Day
KINGFISHER Airlines plans to provide a perfect setting for this year's Independence Day celebrations. Passengers flying with the airlines, on any of its five inaugural flights on the Delhi-Mumbai or return sectors on August 15, will see a lot ... More

Air Deccan offers Rs 500 `Freedom' fares
AIR Deccan has announced `Freedom at midnight' tickets at Rs 500 plus taxes on its Airbus flights for the week starting on Independence Day. During the offer period on till August 21, 500 tickets booked between 11 p.m. and midnight every day ... More

SHIPPING

Star Cruises to launch liner on Sept 25
STAR Cruises will be launching its cruise liner, SuperStar Libra, in India on September 25. "We are indeed excited about the positioning of SuperStar Libra in Mumbai. The acceptance of our product in the Indian market has grown significantly ... More

Inland waterways authority terminal inaugurated at Aluva
THE Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways, Mr T.R. Baalu, flagged off a fixed barge service from the newly constructed terminal of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) at National Waterways No 3 at nearby Aluva on ... More

Smooth sailing
The Union Minister for Shipping, Mr T.R. Baalu, watches Bossclip Trader, a bulk carrier built by the Cochin Shipyard Ltd and launched by the Minister on Friday. This is the first vessel in a series of six bulk carriers to be built by the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Postal dept revamps network — KPMG roped in to prepare report
FACED with a huge budgetary deficit, the Department of Post has rejigged its postal network, affecting nearly 400 loss-making post offices across the country. While 30 post offices have been closed, 172 have been merged with a bigger post ... More

RAILWAYS

Panel moots dividend sops for gauge conversion
THE Railway Convention Committee has recommended concessions in payment of dividend to ongoing and future gauge conversion works. It pointed out that such rebate was available to new lines on strategic considerations. This rebate, if accepted ... More

Ships in Ports

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